Government High School Eldon returned to Nassau in 1959 and began teaching at
Government High School. She completed her master's degree in 1963 and, in 1966, she was appointed Deputy Headmistress of Government High School and began involvement in the planning phases for the establishment of the
College of the Bahamas.
College of the Bahamas In 1975, when the College was launched, she transferred there as the first Chair of the Humanities Department. Later she served as academic dean, and vice-principal.
President of the College In 1981, Bethel completed her PhD at the
University of Alberta and, the following year, was appointed as Principal of the College of the Bahamas, leading the organisation for the next sixteen years. During her tenure, she worked to change the curricula from offering
Associate degrees to an institution fully-accredited to confer
Bachelor's degrees and pressed for the reorganisation of the college into a university. When the College was reorganised in 1995, she became the inaugural president and that same year was made a companion of the
Order of St Michael and St George. She served as president through 1998, when she retired.
Retirement After her retirement, Bethel began writing a book chronicling the history of education in the Bahamas, which was unfinished when she died. During this time, she also served on the National Advisory Council in Education and Government Student Loan Programme. The College of the Bahamas became the University of the Bahamas in 2016. == Personal life ==